Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, January 31st (Yan Jiao) Peter Rabbit, Hooligan Rabbit, Prison Rabbit... Who said the rabbits are all abroad?
In the past few days, Gansu non-heritage inheritors have successively created copper rabbits, embroidered rabbits, gourd rabbits, dough sculpture rabbits, blue dyed rabbits, etc., with various shapes and lifelike images.
The inheritors rejuvenate the charm of traditional folk skills by incorporating new elements.
With cute big eyes and auspicious patterns on the top of the head, Ma Yanping, the city-level inheritor of Gansu silver bronze forging skills, took a month to create three copper rabbits made of red copper. It is relatively long, and the rabbit with brass ears has undergone several revisions to achieve the final satisfactory effect."
The picture shows the embroidered rabbit created by Liu Lanfang, an "intangible cultural heritage person" in Gansu, combining blue and white porcelain elements and animation elements.
Photo courtesy of Gansu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center
"Bronze ware production techniques include casting method, lost wax method, engraving, chiseling, etching, filigree inlay, etc." Ma Yanping said that the three rabbits consume complicated processes. They are high-end copper incense burners and sculpture ornaments, and high-quality copper produced locally is used as raw materials. , based on the production process of Xuande furnace in Ming Dynasty, integrated with modern production control technology, the product is pure in texture, warm in color, and has great collection value.
Since the Lunar New Year, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of Gansu Province has launched the column "Speaking about the Rabbit in the Year of the Rabbit for Intangible Cultural Heritage", focusing on displaying the rabbits handmade by the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage in the province.
The rabbit head hat and rabbit sachet are the latest mascots designed by Liu Lanfang, the provincial representative inheritor of Qingyang sachet embroidery.
She said that it took two months to finally design eight types of sachets with different postures and three types of rabbit head hats, and thousands of orders have been placed so far.
"I made improvements on the basis of traditional rabbit ornaments, combined with blue and white porcelain elements and animation elements, to make several rabbits more vivid, with firm or proud eyes, changing people's impression of softness and weakness of rabbits." Liu Lanfang said, the rabbits The work also has a beautiful meaning of "quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit".
Qingyang sachets are rich in types and patterns, and three-dimensional ornaments are one of the characteristics of this embroidery product.
The picture shows the gourd rabbit created by Han Hongwu, an "intangible cultural heritage person" in Gansu Province, with an "iron pen", which means "Fulu rabbit".
Photo courtesy of Gansu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center
Han Hongwu, the inheritor of pyrography in Longxi, used calabash as the base to draw all kinds of "cute rabbits" with an "iron pen". This year, there are innovations in technology and patterns, and new forms.”
Longxi pyrography, also known as heat painting and fire stroke painting, is usually heat painting on wooden boards and gourds. It is said that it was introduced from Henan during the Republic of China.
With the advancement of science and technology, the previous oil lamp ironing has been replaced by the modern "electric ironing". The works have the charm of traditional Chinese painting, simple and elegant, fresh and beautiful, and unique.
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